Dr. Charles Hall may not be a name you instantly recognize, but it should be. Now a Professor Emeritus of the College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Dr. Hall is a rigorous researcher of energy, oil, biophysical economics - and was a critical early pioneer in developing the key resource metric of Energy Returned On Energy Invested (EROEI).After a life's career of looking at the world throug...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Drilling Returns 5m at 20% Zinc; Tinka Resources Also Looking for the Source of AyawilcaSource: The Critical Investor for Streetwise Reports March 5, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) The Critical Investor provides an update on this explorer as...Read More

By Graham Summers The Fed officially has a new Fed Chair, Jerome Powell. And ever since he took office, it is clear that "something" has changed at the Fed. That something is the famed "Fed put" or the idea that the Fed would immediately move to prop up stocks any time they began to fall.Jerome Powell was sworn in as Fed Chair on February 5th 2018. At that time, the market was in the sharp se...Read More

(Vancouver, 5 March 2018) - British Columbia's mineral and coal exploration industry grew last year for the first time since 2012, according to the second annual British Columbia mineral and coal exploration survey conducted by EY, the Government of British Columbia's Ministry of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Resources (EMPR) and the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME).The surve...Read More

(Kitco News)- Gold prices were largely unchanged following strong-than-expectedmomentum in the U.S. service sector, according to the latest data from theInstitute of Supply Management (ISM).Monday, the ISM said its Non-manufacturing PurchasingManagers Index showed a reading of 59.5% in February, down only slightly fromJanuary's reading of 59.9%. The drop was above expectations as consensusforecast...Read More

John Rubino of Dollarcollapse.com joins us for a critical update of the economy and the looming financial crisis. He discusses the Trump presidency overseeing a historic crash and the pension bubble, which is at the point of no return.John Rubino is the founder and manager of the popular financial website DollarCollapse.com. Mr. Rubino is the co-author, with GoldMoney's James Turk, of The Money Bu...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Silver Special Commemorative Update in Honor of the Large Specs First Net Short Position in Silver in MemorySource: Clive Maund for Streetwise Reports March 5, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Technical analyst Clive Maund charts silver and ex...Read More

Taking profits on our short positions and closing them on Thursday turned out to be a good idea. Gold, silver and - on an intraday basis - mining stocks moved higher on Friday, while the USD Index declined. But, is the rally over after just one day? Not likely - gold's and miners' turning points are likely to result in something more than just a daily rally. So, how high is gold likely to rally...Read More

S&P Global Market Intelligence predicts that exploration efforts will continue to expand over the course of this yearGlobal spending on the search for nonferrous metals rose to an estimated US$8.4 billion in 2017, compared with US$7.3 billion in 2016, representing the first annual increase in exploration spending after four consecutive years of declining investment in this area, according to the W...Read More

Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCrypto CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Explorer Spin-off Is a Win-WinSource: Adrian Day for Streetwise Reports March 5, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Fund manager Adrian Day looks at the two-part transaction that he believes will create two strong, focused companies.Almadex Mine...Read More

Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now Prior to Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has closed lower for four consecutive sessions.Even with its gains on Monday, the Dow remains more than 1,700 points below its all-time high set on Jan. 26.The S&P 500 remains more than 150 points below its all-time high, also reached on Jan. 26. Wall Street Overview Stocks posted solid ga...Read More

Steel producers in Russia are planning further price rises in the domestic markets for hot-rolled (HR) and cold-rolled (CR) sheet, Metal Bulletin has been told.Metal Bulletin's weekly assessment of the price for Russian 4mm HR sheet was unchanged at 43,000 roubles ($757) per tonne cpt Moscow, including VAT, on Monday March 5.Steel producers kept their March-rolled HR sheet prices for both stockist...Read More

*This interview was recorded on 3/1/18Jim Grant discusses the rising rate environment.?>>?James "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and the founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets. He is the author , most recently, of The Forgotten Depression: 1921: The Crash That Cured Itself. Grant's television appearances include "60 Minutes," "Th...Read More

By Keith WeinerLet's continue on our topic of capital consumption. It's an important area of study, as our system of central bank socialism imposes many incentives to consume and destroy capital. As capital is the leverage that increases the productivity of human effort, it is vital that we understand what's happening. We do not work harder today, than they worked 200 years ago, or in the ancien...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. services sector activity slowed modestly in February, held back by a sharp pull back in hiring, but a surge in new orders to a 12-1/2-year high pointed to underlying strength.The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said on Monday its non-manufacturing activity index slipped 0.4 point to a reading of 59.5 last month. A reading above 50 indicates expansion in the sector...Read More

Exporters of hot-rolled coil (HRC) and cold-rolled coil (CRC) from the Commonwealth of Independent States increased their offer prices in the week ended Monday March 5 because of the higher prices being sought for China-origin material."The increase mainly related to the bullish mood of Chinese exporters, which are pushing prices higher and higher every day," a trader told Metal Bulletin.Metal Bul...Read More

(Reuters) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for the fifth straight day on Monday as concerns about a global trade war following President Donald Trump’s threat to impose hefty tariffs kept investors on the edge.Trump on Monday appeared to suggest that Canada and Mexico could win exemptions to the planned sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum if the two countries sign a new NAFTA trade...Read More

By Avi Gilburt Each week, I believe the silliness being espoused as to what moves the market reaches a climax. Yet, the following week somehow always proves me wrong.Two weeks ago, I noted how the pundits claimed the market dropped because of rising rates, but when the market rallied, the same pundits claimed that it was rallying because of rising rates.Around the same time, these same pundits t...Read More

Vancouver, BC - March 5, 2018 - Zinc One Resources Inc. (TSX-V: Z; OTC Markets: ZZOF; Frankfurt: RH33 - "Zinc One" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the current drill program at its Bongar? Zinc Mine project located in north-central Peru. As previously reported (see Company news release dated December 13, 2017), the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines approved 124 drill pl...Read More

Growth in the Chinese manufacturing sector slowed significantly in the first two months of 2018, and coupled with falling figures for car and house sales the outlook would appear to be far from positive.With a large portion of the year so far having been taken up by official holidays, however, the overall health of China's economy is clearly distorted right now, so it is difficult to draw any clea...Read More